M
cCovey's Home Runs Enable
Siants To Split Tivo With Bucs
By FRED DOWN
ITI Sports Writ r
Willie MeCovey is closing in on
a National League home run rec
ord and there'll be no asterisk
alongside his name if he makes it.
The free-swinging San Francisco
Giant outfielder hit his 27th and
J.iih homers of the season Tues
day night when the Giants split
pair of 3 - 2 decisions with
the Pittsburgh Pirates. The two
blows gave him a total of 10 for
the month only six fewer than
the NL mark set in 1W9 by Ralph
Kiner.of the Pirates.
Kiner's mark doesn't have the
prestige of Babe Ruth's 60 in
1927 so there won't be any na
tional uproar to disturb Willie's
comic - book reading. Baseball's
poobahs put an asterisk alongside
-Rojer Maris" name when he hit
-61 homers in 1961 on the grounds
-the season was longer than lwi
Ruth set bis record in 1927. But
las far as anyone knows nobody
' in baseball has suggested that the
mon;h of July is longer now than
it used to be.
It only seems longer to XL
pitchers, who have been coping
witk MeCovey during his current
rampage. The big pry has ham
mered away at a -323-dip since
June SO end has lifted his sea
son average to .281. j
Homer Won Come
McCovey's 27th homer came in
the ninth inmng of Tuesday night s
opener and pare the Giants their
victorv. Willi also homered in
the first inning of the nightcap
and had a second nit curing me
game but the Pirates earned the
split on the strength oi a rune-
hit attack that included two triples
by Dick Schofield, one by Bill
Virdon and double by Boberto
Clemente and Bill Mazeroski.
MeCovey has now hit safely in
21 straight games during which
he hit 14 homers and drove
in 24 runs.
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat
the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2. be
fore suffering a 10-2 loss, the St
Louis Cardinals nipped the Cin
cinnati Reds, 5 4. in 10 innings,
the Chicago Cubs defeated the
Milwaukee Braves, 1-0, and the
New York Mots topped the Hou
ston Colts, 4-J, in other NL games.
Sandy Koulax pitched a perfect
game for six innings and wound
up with a sixhittor that earned
him his ninth straight victory and
his 16th of the season. Wally
Moon's homer, a single by John
Roseboro and a double by Jim
Gilliam were the big blows of
the Dodgers' 12-hit attack.
Threw Eight-Hitter
Dallas Green pitched an eight
hitler in the second game as John
Callison hit two homers and Tony
Taylor and Koy Sivers had two
hits (or the Phillies.
. Tim McCarver's two-strike bunt.
which started foul and then rolled
fair, brought in Bill White from
third base w ith the winning run
for the Cardinals. Bobby Shanti
struck out eight batters in 3 2-3
innings to win his fourth game
while Joey Jay, appearing in re
lief, suffered his 14th defeat.
Bob Buhl pitched 6 2-3 innings
of hitless- bail and allowed only
one hit before retiring because
of the heat after seven innings to
post his ninth win for the amaz
ing Cubs. Ken Hubbs homered in
the fifth inning for the Cubs, who
moved to witfiin 5'i games of the
NL lead.
The Mets broke a 3-3 lie in the
ninth inning when Norm Sherry's
bad-hop single went over short
stop Jim Wynn's head and en
abled Rod Kanehl to score from
third. Galer Cisco, who pitched a
hitless ninth, won his fifth
game while Hal Woodeshick suf
fered his fifth loss.
National League
Houston 000 000 111 3 SI
New York 000 111 001 4 11 0i
Farrell, Woodeshick 8 and
Campbell. Jackson, Cisco 0 and
Gonder. Winner-Cisco 5-7). Los-
er-Woodcshlck (8-5. IIR-llicks,
Hickman, Staub, Campbell.
Milwaukee (Kifl 000 01)0 0 2 1
Chicago 000 OKI OOx 1 3 1
Sadowski (0-4) and Tone. Buhl,
Elslon I8, Lemay t0, McDaniel
i9i and Bcrtell, Schaf.'er (91. Winner-Buhl
(9-61. lin-Ilubbs.
(1st game)
San Fran KO 110-001 3 6 1
Pittsburgh 000 020 000 2 9 0
Bolm, Hoeit 7. Larsen (7i,
Vivher irk Pierce (91. and E.
Bailey. Cardwcll (6-101 and Bur
gess. Winner-Fisher (4-71. Hit
Mays. Cepeda, MeCovey.
(2nd gamel
San Fran 101 000 000-2 7
Pittsburgh Oil 010 OOX 3 9 0
Sanford. Larsen (8) and Haller.
Schwall, McBcan (7) and Paglia
roni. Winner-Schwall (6-4). Loser
Sanford (9-10). HR-McCovey.
(1st game)
Los Angeles 001 211 000 5 12 0
Phila. 000 000 110 2 6 0
Koufax (16-3) and Roseboro.
Mahaffey, Short (4), Baldschun
(8), Boozer (9) and Oldis. Losor-
Mahaffey (6-10). UR-Moon.
(2nd game)
Los Angeles 000 100 100 2 8 3
Phila. 304 100 02X 10 12 1
Willhite. Roebuck (1). Scott (3)
Calmus (5), Sherry (7) and Ca
milli. Green (2-3) and Dalrymple.
Loser-Willhite (2-31. HR-Callison 2.
(10 innings i
St. Louis 101 002 000 15 8 1
Cincinnati 000 011 200 04 10 2
Burdette, Shantz (7 and Mc
Carver. Maloney, Zannl (8), Jay
HOi, Henry (10) and Edwards.
Winner-Shantz 4-2). Loser-Jay
(4-141. HR-Flood, Boyer.
American League
New York at Minnesota, ppd., rain
Washington 0.10 000 000 3 10 Oi
Chicago 100 000 000 1 4 3
Osteen (3-6) and Lcppert. Pi&ap
ro, Brosnan mi and Carreon
Loser-Pizarro (11-5).
Baltimore 000 102 002- 5 9 0
Detroit 000 010 010 2 7 0
Pappas. Miller (8) and Orsino.
Lary, Lolich (9) and Freehan.
Winner-Pappas ( 8-4 1 . Loscr-Lary
(0-3). HR-Powell, Gentile, Robin
son, Johnson.
Boston 000 000 000 0 4 1
Kansas City 031 320 OOx 11 15 0
Morehead, Earley (2), Kolstad
(5), Wood (81 and Tillman. Dra-
bowsky (l-6i and Lau. Loser-
Morehead (6-6). HR-Siebern, Dra-
bowsky.
Cleveland 001 000 000 1 3 1
Los Angeles 002 000 OOx 2 9 1
Grant, Wynn (8) and Romano.
McBride (10-7) and E. Sadowski.
Loser-Grant (6-9).
ROYALS SIGN SHORT
CINCINNATI, Ohio (UPD-Carl
Short, a 1961 star for Newberry
(S.C.) College, is the first rookie
to sign a 1063-64 contract with the
Cincinnati Royals of the National
Basketball Association. Short
missed a tryout with the Royals
shortly after graduation because
of Army service.
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MCE t-B Wednesday. July 17, 1961
HERALD AVI) NEWS. Klamath Falls, Oregon
Major League
By I'nitrd Press International
National League
W L Pel. GB
Los Angeles
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Houston
New York
5 35 .015
50 V) Xifi
50 42
50 43
4!) 44
47 44
4
45 47
3D 59
31 61
I American League
W L Pet. CB
54 33
4 40
5' i
.543 fi'i
.538 7
.527 8
.516 9
.5115 10
.489 11 Mi
.379 22
.337 25Mi
Tuesday's ReKults
New York 4 Houston 3
Chicago 1 Milwaukee 0
L. Ana. 5 Phila. 2, 1st , twilight
Phila. 10 L. Ang. 2, 2nd, night
S. Fran. 3 Pitt. 2, 1st, twilight
Pitt. 3 S. Fran. 2, 2nd, night
St. Louis 5 Cin. 4, 10 in., night
Wednesday's Probable Pitchers
Milwaukee at Chicago Fis-1
cher (1-2) vs. Hobbie (4-8).
San Francisco at New York
inight) Perry (1-2) vs. Stallard
(3-7).
Houston at Philadelphia Inight)
Bruce (4-7) vs. Durcn (4-2).
Los Angeles at Pittsburgh
(night) Miller (6-4) vs. Law
14-3).
St. Louis at Cincinnati (night
Simmons (7-5) vs. Purkey (3-5).
Thursday's Games
Milwaukee at Chicago
San Francisco at New York, night
Houston at Phila., night
L. Angeles at Pittsburgh, night
St. Louis at Cincinnati, night
CHISOX BUY PHILLIPS
CHICAGO (UPI) Southpaw
Taylor Phillips was purchased by
the Chicago White Sox Tuesday
from the Indianapolis club of the
International League.
New York
Boston
Chicago
Minnesola
Baltimore
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Kansas Cily
Detroit
Washington
.621 .
551 6
.549 8
544 6'
543 64
46 45 .503 10
44 50 .468 134
438 16
419 17'i
363 23
50 41
49 41
51 43
39 50
36 50
33 58'
Tuesday's Results
Kansas City 11 Boston 0, night
Washington 3 Chicago 1, night
Baltimore 5 Detroit 2, night
Los Angeles 2 Cleveland 1, night
N York at Minn., night, ppd, rain
Wednesday's Probable Pitchers
Baltimore at Detroit Barber
(12-6) vs. Aguirre (7-81.
Cleveland at Los Angeles (2,
twi-night) Kralick (9-7) and
Walker (6-2) vs. Chance (7-9) and
Nelson (2-3) or Foytack (1-31. .
Boston at Kansas City (night)
Heffner (1-1 1 vs. Segui (4-3).
New York at Minnesota (night)
Bouton (11-5) vs. Stange (3-D.
Washington at Chicago (night)
Daniels (3-4) vs. DeBusschere
(0-2).
Thursday's Games
Baltimore at Detroit '
New York at Minnesola
Boston at Kansas City, night
(Only games scheduled)
PAYS HIGH PIUCE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brafil
(UPI) The Milan soccer club
Tuesday spent a half-million dol
lars to obtain the services of left
halfback Amarildo from the Bota
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$100,000 in the deal and Botafoga
was paid $400,000.
Stu Miller Keeps Birds
Within (Range Of Yanks
By United Press International
What are tlie odds that Dick
Radatz, the Boston monster who
terrifies American League hitters,
would be challenged by a pitcher
who was once blown, off the
mound by a gust of wind?
You name 'cm and you've got
the odds against Stu Miller, a
160-pound chap whose hobby is
contract bridge, being in the big
leagues in the first place. Yet the
ex-San Francisco Giant right-hand
er is doing a brilliant job of re
lief pitching in his own right and
is the key reason the Baltimore
Orioles are still within shouting
distance of the American League
lead.
Miller, whose equipment is de
scribed by hitters as "slow,
slower and let's not get ridicu
lous," has been the closeout pitch
er in the Orioles' last seven vic
tories dating back to July 5. He's
been the official winner in only
one of those games and his sea
son record is a mere 3-4 but tllat
only proves that records don't al
ways tcjl the real story.
Preserved Victory
Miller he was "blown" o.'f the
mound by a sudden gust of wind
during the 1961 AU-Star game in
San Francisco turned in a typi
cal clutch relief job Tuesday
night to preserve the Orioles' 5-2
win over the Detroit Tigers. The
win moved the Orioles to within
6',2 games of the first-place New
York Yankees, who were rained
out in Minnesota.
The Los Angeles Angels shad
ed the Cleveland Indians 2-1, the
Washington Senators downed the
Chicago White Sox, 3-1, and the
Kansas City Athletics routed the
Boston Red Sox, 11-0, in other AL
action.
In the National League. Los An
geles beat Philadelphia, 5-2. and
lost 10-2, Pittsburgh downed San
Francisco. 3-2. after losing the
opener by the same score. Chi
cago nipped Milwaukee. 1-0, St.
Louis edged out Cincinnati, 5-4,
and New York tripped Houston,
4-3.
Miller was called in Tuesday
night after the Tigers got run
ners on first and second base
with one out -and the Orioles
Sternberg's
Condition Same
SEATTLE (UPD - Pole vault
er Brian Sternberg's overall con
dition remained critical today.
following surgery for the removal
of a cervical disc damaged in a
trampoline fall 'which left the
University of Washington athlete
paralyzed.
Sternberg underwent a five-hour
operation at University Hospital
Tuesday in the hope that removal
of the disc would speed his re
covery from paralysis.
The hospital's medical director.
Dr. William Robertson, said it
would be about two weeks before
any new information would be
available as to Sternberg's chanc
es of recovery.
Robertson said Sternberg came
through the operation w ithout any
apparent complications.
Sternberg suffered a dislocated
cervical vertebrae (broken neck)
July 2 while working out on a
trampoline to keep in shape
leading in the eighth. He yielded
a walk and run-scoring hit but
then retired Rocky Colavito and
Bill Bruton to end the inning and
went on to shut out the Tigers
in the ninth. Homers by John
Powell, Jim Genlile, Brooks Rob
inson and Bob Johnson produced
the Orioles runs as they dealt
winless Frank Lary his third loss,
McBride Wins 10th
Ken McBride pitched a three
hitter and struck out five to win
his loth victory or the Angels.
The Angels scored both their runs
in the third inning which McBride
led off with a double and which
Lee Thomas capped .with a run
scoring single. Jim Grant suffered
his ninth loss.
Claude Osteon's four-hit pitch
ing earned him his third win and
the Senators their 10th in tlicir
last 12 games. An error by catch
er Camilo Carreon on a foul jpp
paved the way for the Senators
to score all their runs in the sec
ond inning. Osteen singled home
one run and M a r v Breeding
tripled in the other pair.
Pitcher Moe Drabowsky hurled
a four-hitter and also homered to
win his first game of the season
behind a 15-hit Kansas City at
tack that also included a homer
by Norm Siebern and triples by
Gino Cimoli, Jerry Lumpc and
Jose Tartabull. Dave Morehiad
was the Red Sox' loser.
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